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T. HOFSTATTBR, JI.

SOFA BED. No. 331,706. Patented Deo. '1, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @ri-ice.

THEODORE HOFSTATTER, JR., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SOFA-BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,706, dated December1, 1885.

Application filed February 8, 1884. Serial No. 120,110. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it know n that I, Trrnononn HorsTA'r'rER, Jr., of the city, county,and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvenient inSofa-Beds; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a partof this specilication.

My invention relates to that class of sofabeds in which the additionalmattress is stowed away when not in use in a drawer closing beneath theseat, and which, when drawn out, serves as a support for the mattress infinishing out the bed.

lt has for its object to facilitate the liftingout, handling, andadjustment of the mattress,

and its secure confinement in place when the bed is completed.

It consists in forming the spring-mattress upon a frame adapted to fitwithin the drawer of the sofa,andV provided with a cleat or cleats uponits under side near its front edge, adapted to engage the inner frontedge of the drawer when the mattress-frame is fitted thereomand whichare beveled or sloped off from the front edge inwardly, to facilitatesliding the mattress back into the drawer, and also in cornbining withthe rear edge of the top of the drawer an inwardly-projectinglongitudinal strip secured thereon, and to which a second longitudinalstrip is hinged,to serve as a support for the inner end of themattress-frame when brought up into position to complete the bed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View in perspective of thesofa-bed with its drawer pulled out and the mattress placed in positionto complete the bed, the mattress heing broken away in section. Fig. 2is a transverse section of the sofa-bed when closed to constitute a sofaor divan; Fig. 3, a similar section of the saine, with its draweropened, illustrating the mattress partly lifted out; and Fig. et, abottom or underside view of the mattress alone.

A. represents a sofa or divan whose back B is so constructed and hingedas to admit of swinging back into a horizontal plane on a level with theseat of the sofa, as indicated by dotted lines in Figs. l and 3, and ofbeing supported in that position to constitute an extension of thebed onthat side. vThe base C of the sofa is made, as is usual in this class ofsofa-beds, so deep as to reach the door, anda drawer, D, fitted uponcasters, is adapted to slide easily in and out of the base at the frontof the sofa. This drawer is nearly the length of the sofa, and its upperedge passes closely under the plate or frame of the sofa-seat. Itslength and depth adapt it to receive readily the extra mattress requiredto complete the length of the bed on the front side. This mattress E isbuilt up upon a light bottom frame, F, tting easily into the drawer. Therear top edge of the drawer is covered by a longitudinal strip, G, Figs.2 and 3, fitted and secured thereon, to which a second strip, H, ishinged to widen it and yet admit of being raised, so as to allow of theready withdrawal and replacement ofthe mattress in the drawer, (see Fig.3,) and afford a suitable support for its rear edge next to the sea-twhen its front edge rests upon the front edge of the drawer. (See Fig.l.) A longitudinal cleat, K, (see Fig. 4,) is secured upon the underside ofthe mattress-frame near its front edge, and two or moreincline-faced strips or blocks, LL, are fitted against said cleat tofacilitate sliding the mattress-frame over the front edge of the drawer.rihis cleat serves when the mattress is placed in position upon the topedge of the drawer with its inner end resting upon the strip H to engagethe front edge of the drawer, (see Fig. 1,) and prevent the mattressfrom slipping forward out of position.

lf preferred, the cleat K may be omitted and the front or outer endsofthe inclined strips or blocks L L adapted to engage the front edge ofthe drawer as an equivalent for said cleat in confining the mattress inits place upon the drawer. The cleat and blocks may also be madedetachable and adapted to be fitted at will upon either edge ofthemattressframe, so that by changing them from one side to the other themattress may be reversed so as to place its front edge inside, and viceversa.

l am aware that a patent has been heretofore granted for a drawer in asofa-bedstead continuous of its length, and adapted to be slid in andout beneath the sofaseat, and provided with a hinged close cover iittingdown tight over the drawer, to provide thereby a closed receptacle forthe bedding and to serve as a support for the bedding when in use; butpractically such a close cover is objectionable n that it greatlyincreases the weight of the drawer and sofa, is greatly'in the way inremoving the mattress and bedding, and necessitates lifting the mattressbodily out of the drawer and again up upon it.

My invention differs therefrom, and is an ro improvement thereon, inthat by means thereof the mattress may be readily removed from thedrawer and placed and secured in position thereon without lifting itbodily or raising its entire weight, so that it may be handled even by achild, and in that a firm, secure support is obtained for it upon thedrawer without measurabl y increasing the weight of the drawer.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the main frame having adrawer beneath the same and opening on the front side thereof, with amattress fitting loosely in said drawer, and a supportingstrip dividedlongitudinally into two parts, the one part secured to rear edge ofdrawer, and the other hinged to the front edge of the rst part,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the main frame of a sofa, having a drawerbeneath the same opening on the front side thereof, of a mattressfitting loosely in said drawer, and provided with a cleat, K, andinclined face-strips L, secured to the under side of the frame near thefront edge, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof` I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subseribing witnesses.

THEODORE HOFSTATTER, JR.

Vitnesses:

A. W. STEIGER, A. B. MOORE.

